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Genesis 37:18
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16 So he said, “I am seeking my brothers. aPlease tell me where they are feeding their flocks.”  
17 And the man said, “They have departed from here, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’ ” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them in aDothan.  
18 Now when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, athey conspired against him to kill him.  
19 Then they said to one another, “Look, this1 dreamer is coming!  
20 aCome therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall see what will become of his dreams!”  
21 But aReuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands, and said, “Let us not kill him.”  
22 And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness, and do not lay a hand on him”—that he might deliver him out of their hands, and bring him back to his father.
23 So it came to pass, when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they astripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him.  
24 Then they took him and cast him into a pit. And the pit was empty; there was no water in it.
25 aAnd they sat down to eat a meal. Then they lifted their eyes and looked, and there was a company of bIshmaelites, coming from Gilead with their camels, bearing spices, cbalm, and myrrh, on their way to carry them down to Egypt.  
26 So Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and aconceal his blood?  
27 Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and alet not our hand be upon him, for he is bour brother and cour flesh.” And his brothers listened.  
28 Then aMidianite traders passed by; so the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, band sold him to the Ishmaelites for ctwenty shekels of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.  
29 Then Reuben returned to the pit, and indeed Joseph was not in the pit; and he atore his clothes.  
30 And he returned to his brothers and said, “The lad ais no more; and I, where shall I go?”  
Verse Comparison: Genesis 37:18

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American Standard Version
And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

Amplified® Bible
And when they saw him far off, even before he came near to them, they conspired to kill him.

Contemporary English Version
But before he got there, they saw him coming and made plans to kill him.

Darby English Version
And when they saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to put him to death.

Good News Bible
They saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted against him and decided to kill him.

King James Version
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

New American Standard Bible
When they saw him from a distance and before he came close to them, they plotted against him to put him to death.

New International Version
But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

New King James Version
Now when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, they conspired against him to kill him.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
When they saw him from a distance and before he came close to them, they plotted against him to put him to death.

Revised Standard Version
They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him.

Young's Literal Translation
And they see him from afar, even before he draweth near unto them, and they conspire against him to put him to death.


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